Faces/places/scholarships

June 20, 1991

FACES

* Gwendolyn A. Cumming, a 1952 Mary Washington Collge graduate from Hampton, will receive the Alumni Association Service Award, presented annually to a graduate who has ``served the college and/or the Alumni Association in a significant way.'' Cumming has been a member of the college's board of visitors for 17 years. Retiring shortly, she has served on the board's executive committee, as vice rector of the board and as secretary.

Cumming has been active in the Mary Washington College Alumni Association since 1954, serving as National Alumni Association vice president, Peninsula Chapter vice president and as member of the board of directors. She has served continuously on the Mary Washington College Foundation board of directors since its inception in 1975, and was active in the Parents Council for a number of years.

* Shawn Tiffany Williams, a 1986 graduate of Phoebus High School and daughter of Dennis and Brenda Williams of Hampton who is enrolled at UCLA Law School, was selected for the UCLA Law Review. Williams received a degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1990. She plans to pursue a career in patent law. She is currently completing a summer internship in the patent law department of Hughes Aircraft in Los Angeles.

* Vonda Jones, a student at Virginia Commonwealth University majoring in fashion merchandising, is the recipient of the following community service awards:

Outstanding Leadership and Community Service - presented by the Office on Minority Student Affairs of Virginia Commonwealth University for chairing the university's ``Kwanzaa'' activities for two years, expanding from a two-day celebration to four days.

Woman of the Year 1991 - presented by Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., Delta Upsilon Chapter for leadership and dedication to the concerns of the African-American student body at the college.

Jones also coordinated and produced a spring fashion show that was aired on public access Channel 31 in Richmond. She is the daughter of Verba and John Jones of Hampton.

* Page Hunnicutt, a senior at Randolph-Macon Woman's College from Newport News, recently presented her art history thesis paper in a public slide presentation at the college's Maier Museum of Art. Hunnicutt, who is a graduate of Hampton Roads Academy, is the daughter of Thomas N. Hunnicutt and Patsy D. Carpenter.

As an art history major, Hunnicutt presented her topic, ``Corporate Support for the Arts,'' which required a full year of study. Her thesis paper is the result of original analysis and scholarly research and stems from her personal interests.

* Emily Elizabeth Oehler, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. George Lipe Oehler of Hampton, and Rebecca Ann Still, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Patty Still of Hampton, have been named members of Mary Baldwin College's chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta, the national honor society for freshmen.

Oehler is a sophomore majoring in communications. Still is a junior majoring in international relations.

PLACES

* The Exchange Club of Wythe, in cooperation with the 1990-91 Tucker-Capps Elementary PTA and SCA, gave a Freedom Shrine to the school this year. The shrine, which consists of mounted replicas of U.S. historical documents, hangs in the school's main hallway.

SCHOLARSHIPS

* Aimee' Price, a recent graduate of Bethel High School, has been awarded a dean's scholarship from the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Aimee' will be attending VCU's School of the Arts where she will major in interior architectural design.

* Kathryn M. Carter, daughter of Hiram David Carter of Hampton and Bobbye Wilson Cashman of Richmond, has received a leadership scholarship from Mary Baldwin College in Staunton. Carter graduated from Kecoughtan High School.